THE Australian-made musical Dirty Dancing, which sold out when it was here 10 years ago, is coming back.

John Frost has bought the rights from the UK producer, who took it over from Kevin Jacobsen, and it will open at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in January, before touring Australia.

Frost is proud to be producing one of our most successful ever productions, that had advance sales in the UK of $20 million.

“Dirty Dancing has been an amazing worldwide success,” Frost says. “Now, 10 years after the world premiere in Sydney, it returns home to where the magic began and audiences can again have The Time of Their Lives.”

A new multi-city North American tour starts in August, incorporating 30 cities, and auditions for the Australian production will begin soon.

The original Australian production ran for 18 months and starred Josef Brown and Kym Valentine.

The cast of “Aladdin” performing at the Tony Awards. Picture: Evan AgostiniSource:AP

COMEBACK FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST?ALADDIN is blitzing the Broadway box office, making $1.2 million last week alone. But it may not be the next Disney show to get to Australia.

There is word that Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — not the Kevin Jacobsen production we last saw here in 1995 — will be the next blockbuster to land here.

It closed on Broadway seven years ago after a healthy 13-year run so the time is ripe to give it a fresh pair of Australian wings.

“Strictly Ballroom the Musical” will transfer from Sydney to Melbourne in January.Source:Supplied

STRICTLY LIMITS RUN OF LES MISSTRICTLY Ballroom’s arrival at Her Majesty’s Theatre in January confirms that Les Miserables will only have a six-month run in Melbourne before heading to Perth.

Cameron Mackintosh’s masterpiece, opening on July 3, will end in December to make way for Baz Luhrmann’s glitter feast. Les Miserables is presently only selling to September, but new tickets are expected to go on sale soon.

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